Straw-carrier for thrash ing-machines



(No Model.) E. HUBER & F. STROBEL'.

STRAW GARRIBR'FOR THRASHING MACHINES. No 286,930. W Patented Oct. 16, 1883..

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EDlVARD HUBER AND FREDERICK STROBEL, OF MAR ION, OHIO.

STRAW-CARRIER FOR TH RASHlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,930. dated October 16, 1883,

Application filed July 13, 1883.

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD HUBER and Fnnnnnrcn STROBEL, citizens of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio, have invented oer: tain new and useful Improvements in Straw- Garriers for Thrashing-llfachines; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, refereneebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in whieh- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of a tlnashing-machine of ordinary construction, in which our improved straw-carrier is hung in operative position; and Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of so much of one end of the frame of the thrashing-maehine, in which our improved straw-carrier is hung, as will illustrate the mechanism by which 1110- tion is imparted to the straw-carrier.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Our invention has relation to straw-carriers for thrashing-machines, and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A. represents the frame of the thrashing-machine, in which our improved straw-carrier is hung by means of hangers B. The strawcarrier is composed of the two sections 0 D, each section consisting of the side bars,E, upon which are secured at a suitable angle the slats E, the two sections being rigidly secured together by means 'of'braces F in such a manner that the connecting ends of the two sections overlap each other, the two sections forming a continuous straw-carrier having a drop in its center from the upper end of the front section to the lower end of the rear'section, as will be readily understood by reference to, the draw- 1ngs.

G represents a shaft, which passes through the sides of the frame A, and is provided with double cranks G, (shown in Fig. 2 of the drawiug,) to which the larger ends of the pitmen H are pivoted. A pulley-wheel, K, is secured to the outer end of the shaft G. The pitmen (No model.)

may be made of either wood or metal, the re duced ends thereof being bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to the centers of the carriers 0 I), said reduced ends being made sufficiently thin to give the pitlnen a suiiicient amount of spring or elasticity to enable them to work freely when one of their ends is rigidly fastened in the manner described.

In straw-carriers of this class, asheretofore constructed, the two sections of which, the carrier is composed have been pivotally connected or hinged together by means of suitable braces, and the two sections vibrated or swung in opposite directions, the result of this arrangement being that when the two sections of the carrier were swung apart there was some danger of the straw falling through the opening'thus madebetween the two sections. Ve obviate this difficulty by rigidly securing the two sections together, as previously described, so that the connected ends of the two sections always overlap each other, by' which arrangement the straw is effectually prevented from falling down between the two sections of the carrier. To facilitate this obj ect the lower slat, 1')", on the lower end of the section D is secured in a position at right angles to the rein Fig. l of the drawings.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction of our improved straw-carrier for thrashing-machines will readily be understood without requiring further explanation.

It will be seen that our improved straw-carrier is simple in construction, and that by con-' .structing it in the manner described the straw will be prevented from falling down between the two sections of which it is composed, as has heretofore been the case.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to'secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. The straw-earrier herein shown and de scribed, consisting of the sections 0 and D, rigidly secured together by means of suitable braces, in combinationavith means by which the carrier is vibrated, as set forth.

2. In a straw-carrier of substantially the described construction, the combination of the sections 0 and D, rigidly secured, together mainder of the slats of that section, as shown IUO , v by means of suitable braces,F, hangers B,shaft In testimony that we claim the foregoing as G, having double cranks G, and provided with our own we have hereunto affixed our s1 gna- IO a pulley-whee], K, pitnien H H, having retnres in presence of two witnesses.

duced or flexible ends, and adaptedto c0n EDWVARD HUBER. neet the shaft G and the carrier G D together, FREDERICK STROBEL. all constructed and arranged to operate sub- \Vitnesses:

stzmtially in the manner and for the purpose C. H. NORRIS,

shown and described.

D. N. CHRISTIAN. 

